Journal Papers

  1. Y. Shimojo*, D. Tsuruta, T. Ozawa, T. Kono: In silico evaluation based on tissue optics for picosecond laser treatment of pigmented lesions. Journal of Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, in press. [in Japanese]
  2. G. Takeda*, Y. Shimojo*, T. Ozawa, T. Nishimura: Spatial distribution of light-melanosome interaction dependent on irradiation fluence and spot size for short-pulsed laser skin treatment: A phantom study. Lasers in Medical Science, in press.
  3. Y. Shimojo*, Y. Morizane, T. Sonokawa, J. Usuda, T. Nishimura*: Optical characteristics of human lung cancer for photodynamic therapy with measured absorption and reduced scattering coefficients. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 30, 048001 (2025).
  4. J. Jiracheewee, Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura*: Persistent homology-based optical properties of microscopic turbid media for realistic light propagation analysis. Biomedical Optics Express, 16, 1651-1665 (2025).
  5. Y. Shimojo*, T. Nishimura, D. Tsuruta, T. Ozawa, T. Kono: In silico evaluation of nanosecond laser treatment of pigmented lesions based on skin optical properties using a model of melanosome disruption threshold fluence. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 57, 130-140 (2025).
  6. H. Fukuhara*, T. Nishimura, Y. Shimojo, K. Inoue: Comparison of fluorescence intensity of protoporphyrin IX as observed on the screen of different cystoscopic systems. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 51, 104425 (2025).
  7. [H. Watabe, Y. Shimojo*], A. Shingu, H. Ito, H. Fukuhara, M. Miyake, K. Inoue, K. Fujimoto, T. Nishimura*: Measurement of tissue optical properties in the 400–700 nm range to assess light penetration depths for laser treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinomas. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 29, 125001 (2024).
  8. Y. Shimojo*, T. Nishimura*, D. Tsuruta, T. Ozawa: Ultralow radiant exposure of a short-pulsed laser to disrupt melanosomes with localized thermal damage through a turbid medium. Scientific Reports, 14, 20112 (2024).
  9. Y. Shimojo*, R. Teranishi, T. Nishimura, K. Kuwada, T. Goya, K. Morii, D. Tsuruta, T. Ozawa: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy using an organic light-emitting diode. Journal of Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, 45, 153-160 (2024). [in Japanese]
  10. R. Teranishi, T. Ozawa*, B. Katayama, Y. Shimojo, N. Ito, K. Awazu, D. Tsuruta: Effect of photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid and EDTA-2Na against mixed infection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, 40, e12959 (2024).
  11. Y. Shimojo*, T. Nishimura, D. Tsuruta, T. Ozawa, H.H.L. Chan, T. Kono: Wavelength-dependent threshold fluences for melanosome disruption to evaluate the treatment of pigmented lesions with 532-, 730-, 755-, 785-, and 1064-nm picosecond lasers. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 56, 404-418 (2024).
  12. H. Imanishi, T. Nishimura*, Y. Shimojo, K. Awazu: Deep learning based depth map estimation of protoporphyrin IX in turbid media using dual wavelength excitation fluorescence. Biomedical Optics Express, 14, 5254-5266 (2023).
  13. Y. Shimojo*, K. Sudo, T. Nishimura*, T. Ozawa, D. Tsuruta, K. Awazu: Transient simulation of laser ablation based on Monte Carlo light transport with dynamic optical properties model. Scientific Reports, 13, 11898 (2023).
  14. Y. Takai*, T. Nishimura*, Y. Shimojo, K. Awazu: Artificial neural network-based determination of denoised optical properties in double integrating spheres measurement. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 16, 2350012, (2023).
  15. Y. Miyoshi*, T. Nishimura*, Y. Shimojo, K. Okayama, K. Awazu: Endoscopic image-guided laser treatment system based on fiber bundle laser steering. Scientific Reports, 13, 2921 (2023).
  16. Y. Shimojo*, T. Nishimura*, T. Ozawa, D. Tsuruta, K. Awazu: Nonlinear absorption-based analysis of energy deposition in melanosomes for 532-nm short-pulsed laser skin treatment. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 55, 305-315 (2023).
  17. T. Nishimura*, T. Suzuki, Y. Shimojo, R. Teranishi, T. Ozawa, D. Tsuruta, K. Awazu: Mathematical modelling for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy mediated by 5-aminolaevulinic acid: an in vitro study. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 40, 103116 (2022).
  18. K. Sudo*, Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura*, K. Awazu: Three-dimensional transient simulation of CO2 laser tissue vaporization and experimental evaluation with a hydrogel phantom. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 15, 2250016 (2022). [Selected as Feturead Article 2022]
  19. Y. Shimojo*, T. Nishimura*, K. Awazu: Photothermal effect induced by contact laser vaporization of porcine prostate tissue using XCAVATOR fiber. Journal of Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, 42, 219-227 (2022). [in Japanese]
  20. Y. Shimojo*, T. Nishimura*, H. Hazama, N. Ito, K. Awazu: Incident fluence analysis for 755-nm picosecond laser treatment of pigmented skin lesions based on threshold fluences for melanosome disruption. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 53, 1096-1104 (2021).
  21. T. Nishimura*, Y. Takai, Y. Shimojo, H. Hazama, N. Ito, K. Awazu: Determination of optical properties in double integrating sphere measurement by artificial neural network based method. Optical Review, 28, 42-47 (2021).
  22. Y. Shimojo*, T. Nishimura*, H. Hazama, T. Ozawa, K. Awazu: Measurement of absorption and reduced scattering coefficients in Asian human epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous fat tissues in the 400- to 1100-nm wavelength range for optical penetration depth and energy deposition analysis. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 25, 045002 (2020).
  23. Y. Shimojo*, T. Nishimura, H. Hazama, N. Ito, K. Awazu: Picosecond laser-induced photothermal skin damage evaluation by computational clinical trial. Laser Therapy, 29, 61-72 (2020).
  24. T. Nishimura*, Y. Shimojo, K. Awazu: Computer-aided regulatory science for laser medicine. Journal of Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, 41, 37-43 (2020). [in Japanese]
  25. T. Nishimura*, Y. Shimojo, H. Hazama, K. Awazu: A method of computational clinical trial of a nanosecond pulsed laser skin treatment device by numerical simulation of phototermal damage. Journal of Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, 40, 301-308 (2020). [in Japanese]

Proceedings

  1. T. Kikuchi, K. Watanabe, Y. Shimojo, H. Kawamura, E. Kinoshita, L. Ito, T. Ozawa: Establishment of a novel and highly effective hair growth theory enabled by hair follicle stem cells. IFSCC Magazine, 27, 165-169 (2023).
  2. Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura, K. Awazu: Quantitative evaluation of light distribution in skin tissue for short-pulsed laser treatment using Monte Carlo simulation combined with nonlinear absorption model of melanin. Proceedings of SPIE, 12377 (2023).
  3. Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura: Incident fluence model based on tissue optical properties and threshold fluence for melanosome disruption for 755-nm picosecond laser treatment of benign pigmented lesions. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 54(S34), S19 (2022).
  4. Y. Takai, Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura, K. Awazu: Artificial neural network based method to estimate optical properties in biological tissues for noise reduction. Proceedings of Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2022, JM3A.3 (2022).
  5. Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura, K. Awazu: Two-level model of melanin absorption in picosecond laser skin treatment. Proceedings of SPIE, 11958 (2022).
  6. Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura, H. Hazama, K. Awazu: Experimental analysis of morphological change in melanin for multiscale modeling of picosecond laser skin treatment. Proceedings of SPIE, 11640 (2021).
  7. Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura, H. Hazama, T. Ozawa, K. Awazu: Computational evaluation of ethnic differences in photothermal damage induced by laser skin treatments. Proceedings of Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020, JTu3A.1 (2020).
  8. Y. Shimojo, T. Nishimura, H.Hazama, N. Ito, K. Awazu: In silico evaluation of thermal skin damage caused by picosecond laser irradiation. Proceedings of Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences Congress 2019, DS1A.7 (2019).

Others

  1. 西村隆宏, 下条裕: 皮膚レーザー治療に対するin silico評価. 光学, 53, 148-153 (2024).
  2. 菊地哲宏, 渡邉絋介, 下条裕, 伊藤廉, 小澤俊幸: 幹細胞に着目した新規アプローチによる育毛成分の探索. Fragrance Journal, 51, 22-27 (2023).
  3. 下条裕: ピコ秒レーザーを用いたコンピュテーショナルレーザー治療の開発. 生産と技術, 75, 42-44 (2023).
  4. 下条裕: 医療・医用レーザーデバイスを迅速に臨床応用するためのTranslational Research. Laborify (2019).
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